1-800-FLOWERS.COM Supports Gay Pride with Product Line, Contributions
A company-wide campaign benefits a leading media advocacy group and creates a curated product collection to raise funds and awareness to support the LGBTQ community.
To celebrate Pride Month, 1-800-FLOWERS.COM, Inc. has once again joined forces with GLAAD, a leading LGBTQ+ media advocacy organization, “to help create a world where everyone can live the life they love.” Now through the end of June, 1-800-FLOWERS.COM customers can shop from a collection of 14 curated items created to help friends and family celebrate gay pride. The company says it will donate 20% of the net proceeds* from all purchases from this Pride Collection to GLAAD. Customers can also make cash donations to the organization.
1-800-FLOWERS.COM, Inc. says it has already made a $25,000 donation to GLAAD and that since 2007, it has provided more than $200,000 in monetary and in-kind donations to support the organization.
"At 1-800-FLOWERS.COM, Inc., we believe that embracing diversity, and celebrating the uniqueness of every individual, makes us a better company," says Tom Hartnett, President, 1-800-FLOWERS.COM, Inc. "We are proud to continue our relationship with GLAAD to raise awareness for its mission, to help amplify voices within the LGBTQ+ community, and to inspire our customers to give back, as we work together to help ensure there are no limits on love."
1-800-FLOWERS.COM says its 2022 Pride Collection features more than a dozen products from across the company's family of brands, ranging from $8.99 to $275.00, including:
• 1-800-Flowers.com® Pride Roses
• Harry & David® Pride Month Gift Box
• 1-800-Baskets.com® Pride Artisan Iced Cookies
• Cheryl's Cookies® Love is Love Cookie Card
• The Popcorn Factory® Tins With Pop® Pride
• PersonalizationMall.com® Love Is Love Personalized 50x60 Plush Fleece Blanket
The company says that customers can further show their Pride by sending complimentary eCards to loved ones. “Additionally, an LGBTQ+ community is available through 1-800-Flowers.com Connection Communities, where peer-to-peer support may be found around shared life experiences,” the company says.
Throughout the month, the company reports, “members of the 1-800-FLOWERS.COM, Inc. LGBTQ+ & Allies Employee Resource Group will walk in Pride parades throughout the country, host a listening and learning session with GLAAD for team members nationwide, and more.”
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